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v IRONING MACHINE, No. 275,851. Patented A r. 17,1883.

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JESSE POWERS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

lRONlNG-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 275,851, dated April 17, 1883.

Application filed March T, 1881. Renewed February 28, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, JESSE POWERS, of Chi-- cago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in au Ironing-Machine; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,

clear, and exact description of the invention,.

that will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to construct and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, forming a part of this specification.

This invention relates to that class of ironing-machines which are intended to be operated by hand-power; and it consists in an ironing-machine having a polishing-roller carried over the bed by a swinging frame operated by a foot elbow-lever, cord, and hand-lever, whereof the exact construction, arrangement, and operation will be hereinafter more fully set forth and described in detail.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of an ironingmachine embodying my improvements; Fig. 2, a view looking from above, with the upper part removed, in the plane 2 2, Fig. 1; Fig. 8, a detached detail of construction.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the supporting frame-work; A, the ironing-bed, having a convex surface both longitudinally and transversely. Thisironing-bed is convex longitudinally in order to have the required radius for the traveling end of the frame carrying the ironing-roller, and convex transversely in order to present a corresponding surface to the concave ironing-roller, and also to properly iron a shirt and impart to it the required shape.

The concave ironing-roller A is suspended between the upper ends ofthe bars A which embrace both sides of the frame-work and are connected together at the top by the cross-bar a. The lower ends of these bars have pivotal hearings on shaft A, which is attached to and supported by the foot-lever B. The upper ends of said side bars carry the ironing-roller and travel the length of the ironing-bed. The foot-lever B is pivoted to the frame at b, and therefore, when pressed downward, the bar A and the side bars are drawn downward also and give a heavy pressure of the roller on the ironing-bed. Generally this lever will be of such a weight as to automatically impart a sufficient pressure to the ironing mechanism for all ordinary purposes.

Attached to the shaft 13 is the eccentric hand-lever B which has a connection with the foot-lever B by means of the cord B This hand-lever B is for the purpose of quickly and easily raising the lever B, and thereby raising the ironing-roller up from contact with the bed. This arrangement is rendered necessary from the fact that the foot-lever B is very heavy and not easily moved in an upward direction. Therefore when the ironing-roller becomes too hottheoperatorisenabled,through themedium of the eccentric hand-lever B to easily elevate the roller above the bed.

\Vhen the ironing-roller is run off from the end of the bed, as shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 1 of the drawings, the lower portion of the swinging frame comes in contact with the vertical extension B of the foot-lever B, and by this arrangement the weight of the horizontal part of the foot-lever greatly assists in returning the roller to the ironing-bed. By removing the roller from the bed a skirt or dress may be drawn on over the end of the bed, which is made to project considerably beyond the supporting-frame for this purpose.

Theironing-rolleris operated by means of the hand-crank O, and travels over the ironing-bed by mere frictional contact with the same. The roller being of the form described-that is, considerably less in diameter in the middle than at the extreme polishing eudsserves to impart something of a sliding action to the middle of the roller, which comes in contact with that part of the shirt-bosom where the nicest polish is required.

Another particular feature of this apparatus is, that, being operated by hand, the operator is enabled to stop the roller at any point on the ironing-bed, and by imparting a reciprocating action a very high polish may be given to any one particular part of the garment. This feature is a very important one in an apparatus that is more especially intended as a shirt-ironer, as the reciprocating motion will impart a fine polish to the bosom.

The ironing-roller is hollow, and may be heated with steam, gas, or slugs, as may be convenient.

This apparatus constructed with the sup- A, the foot-lever B, with its elbow B, the porting-frame is more especially designed for cord B and the hand-lever B substantially 10 use in laundfies. as described, and for the purpose set forth.

Having thus described my invention, what I 5 claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, JESSE POXVERS.

In anironing-maehine,thecombination,with the polishing-roller A, of the swinging frame Witnesses: I ALONZO STEPHENS,

L. B. CQUPLAND. 

